Page 5 - Poetry-Country

CONTENTS

Introduction, by Moira Allen .............................................................. 5

Part 1: Songs of Farm & Country ................................................... 7
The Lucky Horseshoe .......................................................................... 9
Summer Noon, by John Vance Cheney .............................................. 11
Noon in a New England Pasture, by Margaret Deland ................... 12
The Summer’s Aftermath, by Beth Day ............................................ 13
The Change of the Seasons, by Squire Hobus .................................. 14
The Rainy Day, by Roger Riordan ...................................................... 16
December-Winter, by R.K. Munkittrick ........................................... 17
No! by Thomas Hood .......................................................................... 19
I Remember, I Remember, by Thomas Hood .................................. 20
Signs of Rain, by Edward Jenner ........................................................ 21
My Grandmother’s House..................................................................22
The Old Country Road, by James Newton Mathews....................... 24
O You Fellers in th’ City, by Richard D. Lang .................................. 25
The Homesick Westerner, by Minna Smith .................................... 26
A Sheaf of Farm Superstitions, by Doane Robinson ....................... 28
The Farmer’s Wife ............................................................................. 30
The Independent Farmer, by Henry W. Herbert ............................. 32
Hoeing and Praying ............................................................................ 33
The Child and the Chestnut Burrs ................................................... 34

Part 2: Songs of The Season .................................................. 35
A Song for Thanksgiving .................................................................... 37
A Thanksgiving Hymn ...................................................................... 38
A Thanksgiving Song ......................................................................... 39
Tommy’s View, by Susan H. Martin ................................................. 40
The Pumpkin, by John Greenleaf Whittier........................................ 41
The Pumpkin Pie, by Lizzie M. Hadley ............................................. 41
A Timely Pointer ................................................................................ 43
Christmas, by George Withers .......................................................... 44
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens ........................................... 46
Christmas Time, by Sir Walter Scott ................................................ 47
Old Christmas, by Burton Betham ................................................... 49
Santa Claus’ Mistake, by Gouvemeur M. Smith ............................... 50
Reciprocity, by R.K. Munkittrick ....................................................... 52
Christmas Day, by Alice Williams Brotherton ................................. 54
A Vision of Santa Claus, by Christian Burke .................................... 55